Did not become law. It stopped in the General Assembly's Children, Families and Food Security Committee on December 18, 2025. The 2024–2025 session has ended.
2024–2025 Session
Senate Bill 1188
Lowers age at which minors can consent to behavioral health care treatment from age 16 to age 14.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 9
Chief co-sponsor from Feb 23
Its course
January 9, 2024 to December 18, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action6 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 9 to Dec 18709 days
Health, Human Services and Senior CitizensJan 9 to Feb 2244 days
In the General AssemblyDec 18 to Dec 18 · stopped0 days
Children, Families and Food SecurityDec 18 to Dec 18 · stopped0 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens5–1
Do pass as amended · Feb 22 · 1 present
Who voted how
Yea Angela V. McKnight, Joseph F. Vitale, Raj Mukherji, Renee C. Burgess, Troy Singleton
Nay Owen Henry
Not voting Holly T. Schepisi, Robert W. Singer
Senate, third reading21–14
Dec 18, 2025
Senate, third reading21–14
Passed · Dec 18, 2025
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 9 – Dec 18, 2025
- Jan 9Introduced in the Senate and sent to Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
- Feb 22Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 18, 2025Passed the Senate, 21 to 14
In the General Assembly Dec 18, 2025
- Dec 18, 2025Arrived in the General Assembly
- Sent to Children, Families and Food Security